Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 1

GREAT BRITAIN Railway Stamps, Lynn and Fakenham Rlw to Midland & Great Northern Rls

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Lynn and Fakenham Railway

"LYNN AND FAKEHNHAM RAILWAY SINGLE NEWSPAPER" 1/2 p black and red (1893?), the only stamp this company issued according to my Walter Morley catalogue.

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway

Does not seem to be listed in the Walter Morley catalogue. The design is identical to the London and South Western Railway stamps.

Manchester & Milford Railway Company

This company started in 1866 and was absorbed into the Great Western Railway in 1911. Walter Morley does not list any stamps for this company.

3 d "PREPAID NEWSPAPER PARCEL" I've also seen 1 p black on red ("Not exceeding 1 lb.") and 2 p black on green ("Not exceediing 3 lbs.")

Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway

The following values exist: 1 p, 2 p, 3 p, 4 p, 5 p, 8 p, 9 p (all in blue)

2 p blue, inscription "M.S & L.Ry FOR SINGLE NEWSPAPERS ONLY PREPAID NEWSPAPER"

1/2 p and 1 p blue. A 3 p blue also exists. I've seen several blue stamps in the same design from the Great Central Railway.

Manchester, South Junction and Altricham Railway

2 p violet, inscription "M.S J & A.Ry FOR SINGLE NEWSPAPERS ONLY PREPAID NEWSPAPER", the only stamp listed in Walter Morley by this company, but a similar stamp in blue exists for the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway.

Inscription "MANCHESTER SOUTH JUNCTION & ALTRINGHAM RAILWAY PREPAID NEWSPAPER PARCEL" 2 p red-brown. I have also seen a 1 p red-brown. Note the similarity in design with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway stamps.

Maryport and Carlisle Railway

This railway company was absorbed in the "London Midland and Scottish Railway" (LMS) in 1923.

Mersey Railway

A 2 p red should also exist according to the Morley catalogue.

Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway

This railway was created in 1906 and nationalized in 1948.

I've seen the values 1/2 p, 1 p, 2 p, 3 p, all in green.

Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland

1880: 4 p black ("Under 2 lbs."), 6 p black on green ("Under 7 lbs."). I have seen in the same design 9 p black on violet ("Under 14 lbs.") and 1 Sh black on green ("Under 21 lbs."). 6 different values should exist and one surcharge: "2d.extra" on 4 p. Also a luggage stamp, 1 p black on yellow.

A Market Basket Stamp label from 1877

And another label from 1878

I've been told that this label was issued in 1870.

Midland Railway

1876 issue
Midland Railway, first large sized stamps issued in 1876; (a railway company with the same name exists in Australia, see: Australia Railway stamps). I think the orange stamps were issued in 1880. The corn sample stamp was issued in 1884.

With "A", "B" or "C" at the left end of the scroll (1896 onwards)

Newspaper label, issued 1876?

1880: "ON CORN OR COAL BUSINESS" 2 p green.

Midland Railway later issues

Issued around 1915(?); I have seen the values 4 p, 6 p, 7 p, 11 p, 1 Pound (all in green).

Midland & Great Northern Railways, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railways

1895 issues?

"M & G.N. JT. Com." 1 p red, "FOR PARCELS CONTAINING NEWSPAPERS AT OWNERS RISK".

Midland & South Western Junction Railway

1 p black on yellow

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Literature:

"Walter Morley's Catalogue and Price List or the Stamps of Great Britain' 1897
"Railway Newspaper and Parcel Stamps of the United Kingdom Issued from 1855 to october 1906" compiled by H. L'Estrange Ewen
"The Railway Letter Stamps of Great Britain 1891-1941 Part 3" by A.J. Ecclestone and Sydney R. Turner (1963)
"The Railway and Airway Letter Stamps of the British Isles 1891-1971" by Capt. H.T. Jackson F.R.P.S.,L.
"The Railway Letter Posts of Great Britain" Part 1 General History, by H.T. Jackson (Published by The Railway Philatelic Group)